Playstation Forecast

Aadil, Ben and Lucy discuss American Fugitive, Steamworld Quest, the Castlevania collection, A Link Between Worlds and Astrologaster. There is also a note here about E3 Strands but we’ve no idea what that means. Ben drinks ‘New Best Friend’ from Left Handed Giant and the North Brewing and Other Half collaboration DIPA. Lucy starts with the Wylam x Yeastie Boys collab ‘WxY4’ and follows it with ‘Wow Signal’ from Verdant.

On this episode of the Out of Rupees podcast, Francis & Lucy look ahead to E3 2019 and discuss what might lie in store for Nintendo this year. Will the new announcements crash Nintendo’s online service? Will the next instalment of the Zelda franchise be more like Dark Souls? Will Lucy finally play something that isn’t an Indie Game!? All this and more predictions in the episode. No Andy this time, which means he’ll no doubt be back for the post-E3 run down to laugh at the predictions made here and how wrong they were. Did you know he was a spy on a top secret mission? No? Me neither.

With Aadil in Canada for another week… wait, he’s in this episode? Aadil makes an early afternoon appearance to join Ben and long-time listener, first-time guest Callum Orr. They discuss what Callum’s been up to now he’s a fully fledged member of the craft beer industry, Instagram vs face to face beer interactions, Brewdog and FOMO on new beer releases. Aadil wants to talk Microsoft’s Game Pass coming to PC and Ben jumps in with Kojima and what we want from a game reveal. As it’s early in Canada when recording Aadil starts with a coffee then drinks the only beer he has, a Red Stripe Jamaican Lager. Callum brings beers from Meantime, the ‘Anytime IPA’ and a Brewdog X […]

With Aadil on the road again we’re joined by Adam Thomas to discuss GOG Galaxy 2.0 and his want for Total War: Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Lucy and Ben have been busy playing a ton of games and bring discussions on Bastion, Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, Glass masquerade, Balacelot, Hades, Octogeddon, They Came From the Sky, Roundabout and Forgotton Anne. Adam has another week on the Ribena so Ben and Lucy make up for it with beers from Black Sheep, Wild Horse Brewing Co, Whiplash and the newly named Polly’s Brew Co.

We kick off with a discussion on the Microsoft and Sony announcement and what Nintendo is doing with Mario maker 2. Ben’s played A Plague Tale: Innocence, Lucy’s played Alt-Frequencies and Aadil has played Florence. The beers this week are ‘Massive Azzac’ from Arbor Ales, ‘Maz’ from Omnipollo, The Wylam X Deya collab ‘There’s Nothing Wrong with Dreaming’, Weird Beard’s ‘Duke of Dank’, ‘Island Hopper’ from The Steam Machine and finally ‘Day Bow Bow’ from Pomona Island.

Heads up, we discuss mental health. This week Adam Thomas joins us to chat podcasts, more specifically mental health podcasts. We also get into some science and how the brain organises visual information using Pokemon. Adam kicks us off with his drink of choice, Ribena. Aadil starts with ‘Riding East’ from Beatnikz Republic and follows it with Burnt Mill Brewery’s ‘Rosetta Cone’. Ben begins with Release 03 ‘Simcoe’ from the Fierce single hop project brewed with Gipsy Hill, he then cracks Verdant’s ‘Wow Signal’.

Aadil is back! He joins Ben and Lucy to discuss that Sonic trailer, two games from the recent Ludum Dare 44 game jam Dear Substance of Kin and Seaway to finish on the Backbone Prologue over some tasty beers. These are Dig Brew Co’s ‘Maleficarum’ and Left Handed Giant’s ‘Green Line’ for Ben. Lucy drank ‘Modern Helles’ from Tempest Brewing Co and from Thornbridge ‘Tzara’. Aadil has two collaboration brut IPAs the first from North Brew Co and Stu Mostow followed by ‘Wurlitzer’ from Gipsy Hill and Donzoko.

Lucy and Ben get together to discuss the games they’ve been playing including Antenna Dilemma, Project Warlock and Dangerous Driving. They have a beer each with Lucy drinking Magic Rock’s Grower Owned and Ben having the Wylam X Other Half collab Is There Music In Your Dreams?

We are joined by Carl Marshall, @ThaBearded1, of Twisted Barrel Ales to chat all things video games and beer. Carl chats the games he enjoys like Nippon Marathon and not having the time for bigger experiences. He then posses the question, what are the similarities between video games and craft beer. We delve into a ton of topics and tangents as we try to answer. This is followed by Lucy discussing Bastion and Supergiant games. Ben brings Love Thyself a visual novel developed by Amplitude and set in the Endless Universe. Carl drinks ‘Technical Ecstasy’ from 2nd Shift Brewing, ‘Parka’ from Double-Barrelled and finally ‘Wrapped in Citra’ from Twisted Barrel. Lucy starts with Beerbliotek’s ‘We’re young, we smell good and […]

Ben and Lucy are joined by fellow OOL’er Alex Waite who’s been playing The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit and The Sims 4. Lucy wants to discuss game difficulty and accessibility and Ben asks “Can EA fuck up Star Wars?”. Alex brings three beers from the ‘Citizens of Everywhere’ Beer 52 box. These are from Fyne Ales X Beerbliotek, Gadd’s X Pohjala and The White Hag X Boundary. Lucy drinks Whiplash’s ‘Northern Lights’ and ‘No Biggie’ from Siren Craft Brew. Ben has ‘Final Pulse’ from Wylam and the Cloudwater X Against the Grain ‘#www.oooooo.ddd’.

A slightly bigger beer week this episode as we all drink 3 beers each. We also discuss some more Division 2 and Ubisoft’s issues with political narratives, Lucy’s been playing Photographs and tells us how harrowing it can be and we finish on a little word about the Taps Beer Festival. Aadil’s beers this week were ‘Chuggernaut’ from Amundsen Bryggeri, ‘Supersonic DIPA – Rainforest Lime Edition’ from Nomad and Tiny Rebel x La Brasserie du Mont Saleve ‘Mango Milkshake IPA’ Lucy drinks 2 beers from Magic Rock, the ‘Rode Goos’ and the ‘Californiashire’ and finishes with a favourite, ‘Mosaic’ from Arbor. Ben’s been to Tesco and has Unbarred’s ‘Mixed Berry Gelato Pale’, North Brewing’s ‘Lost Cosmonauts’ and to finish a […]

In a week where Lucy doesn’t drink Ben and Aadil start with two big beers. Ben drinks the ‘Maiden 2017’ Barley Wine from Siren Craft Brew whilst Aadil has Northern Monks ‘Honour’, a West Coast IPA. With these beers come some games. Lucy has played and chats Kuso, Yorkshire Gubins and Where the Bees Make Honey (which she received a code for from the developer, and you’ll find a steam link below). The three of them have also all played Baba is You. Aadil cracks a second beer, the ‘Smoking Gull’ from Half Acre beer and a short discussion on Tesco’s continued push into the craft beer market ensues. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1001640/Where_the_Bees_Make_Honey/

We’ve all played games! Whooo! Lucy kicks off the discussion with Tick Tock: A tale for two, a co-op synchronous puzzle game then briefly touches on Engare. Ben and Aadil have been playing The Division 2 and try to focus this week on the positives of the game. Politics isn’t mentioned, not once. Lucy drinks ‘Trekker’, a DIPA from Gipsy Hill and from Dig Brew Co the milk stout ‘Durr’. Ben tries another beer from Yonder Brewing & Blending, the ‘Dunstan’s Exile’ Pale Ale and Loka Polly’s ‘Patternist’ IPA. Aadil a collab from garage Brew Co X Track, the ‘Dreamlining’ pale ale and follows it with ‘Alligator Tugboat’, an IPA from Pressure Drop.

This week the gang get together to discuss Lucy’s time with The Occupation, the major bugs in Anthem, Slime Rancher and the curation on the Epic store. They then finish discussing Crackdown 3 and Days Gone being solid games but not groundbreaking. They all sink two beers each this week. Aadil begins with ‘Granny’ a collaboration sour from Padstow Brewing and Dig Brew Co and follows it with ‘Island Hopper’ DDH IPA from Steam Machine. Lucy drinks Gipsy Hill’s stout ‘Cosmonaut’ and finishes with a Northern Monk Patrons 16.01 ‘Haze-Le-Nut’ porter. Ben has a ‘Crowd Surfer’ DIPA from Signature Brew to start, then the ‘After the Storm’ stout collaboration from Left Handed Giant and Burnt Mill Brewery.

This Next Act’s podcast is back from hiatus with another excellent line-up for you. A real stonker ! MC: Becky Povall Eliza Fraser Laura Ollerton Livvie Newman Lucy Ruddiman Antoinette Morris Katy Pritchett Rosa Handscomb Sarah Ali Louise Leigh    

We chat about a lot in this episode, too much to explain here. Ben and Aadil kick off the episode and Lucy joins the fray about an hour in. There’s also a little appearance from a birthday girl. Whilst it’s just Aadil and Ben they drink Cloudwater’s IPA dedicated to Friends and Family and Beer then crack open a Juicy IPA from Vibrant Forest. Once Lucy gets stuck in the drinking really begins. Her beers are; Notting Hill APA from Moncado Brewery, Crak’s ‘Guerrilla’ IPA and a ‘Seven for a Secret’ IPA from Wander Beyond. Aadil kicks off the second part with a prosecco then joins Ben for a ‘Dark Age’ Stout from Wicked Weed Brewing. They finish with a […]

Ben, Aadil and Lucy get together to discuss the games they’ve been playing; Metro Exodus, Ape Out, Super Type, Mini Metro and Pikuniku. They also chat about the potential of Game Pass coming to everything and a forward thinking Microsoft. The beers this week are a mixed bad of styles and flavours. Lucy begins with ‘Midnight BBQ’ a collaboration spelt IPA from Crak and Sleeping Village. Ben has a ‘Suki’ from Yonder Brewing and Blending and Aadil drinks the ‘Ninkasi Blanche’ from Biere de Ble. Their second beers are Wander Beyond’s ‘Tiki Turtles’ Tiki milkshake IPA for Lucy, a ‘JUPA’ from 5 Points Brewing for Aadil and finally from Odyssey ‘Show me a Hero’ IPA for Ben.

Join Francis, Lucy & Andy as they wade through the mountain of Nintendo news that has built up since their last episode. Who hasn’t bought Super Smash Bros for the Switch? How are the Ubisoft collaborations going? Are there any games not made using Unreal Engine 4? Find out all of this and more by listening in! Did Andy spend the entire podcast playing Tetris99… you decide.  

Lucy returns to join Ben and Aadil as we get heavy from the off, discussing philosophy and video games. Talk moves to pub trips, Weatherspoons and the ageing demographic of pub goers. We finish on some puzzle games including the New York Times Crossword, Golf Peaks and G30 rounding out the episode with a small chat on Crackdown 3 and Saints Row. For beers this week Aadil is still picking from the Beer52 Korea box drinking Wild Waves Brown Porter and ‘Seongsu-dong’ Pale ale from Amazing Brewing. Lucy starts with a Beer52 Boston box beer in the Harpoon ‘Dark’ Dunkel and takes a trip to Bristol with Left Handed Giant ‘Life Without Oxygen’ Barley Wine. Ben begins with the ’01 […]

Ben and Aadil get together to discuss two topics this week. What have games relied upon for too long and our time playing the Division 2 private beta; all whilst drinking some beers. Aadil continues his Korean beer experience with a Blackcurrant Milkshake IPA from The Booth Brewing and ‘Dark Ambition’ a raspberry milk stout from Amazing Brewing company. Ben has an IPA from Eightarch called ‘Corbel’ and finishes with ‘Cross Collar’ a west coast pale collaboration from Marble Brewery and Brook House Hops.